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Police say two Louisville men didn’t worry about passing fake payroll checks supposedly from legitimate local businesses because no one knew them in Eminence, but a social media tip led to their undoing, according to information from the Eminence Police Department.

Besides a Kentucky State Police investigation that resulted in indictments being issued against a Campbellsburg-based contractor in four counties, Jason Whitaker and his construction company face lawsuits from three separate parties seeking monetary awards in Henry County Circuit Court.

Henry County Clerk Shanda Archer recently attended the Kentucky County Clerk’s Association Annual Convention, which provided a forum for officials from across the state to discuss and learn about upcoming changes to election law, real estate transactions and motor vehicles, according to a news release.

Centerstone Kentucky and Uspiritus have signed a letter of intent to merge, according to a news release. Together, the organizations will have new opportunities to advance specialized care for at-risk youth in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Gary Fenner feels blessed in life for the ministries that have taken him to Richmond, Va.; Sellersburg, Ind., where he founded and served in a church for 30 years; mission trips to Haiti and Honduras and visits to Israel; and now he feels led to become the new pastor at Pleasureville Christian Church.

Two indicators of children’s well-being in Henry County stubbornly refuse to improve, including those living in poverty and math proficiency among eighth graders in the schools, according to information from the 2017 Kentucky Kids Count survey.

A felony charge of rape from 40 years ago, brought by an individual’s complaint in 2016, ended with a 61-year-old Campbellsburg man entering an Alford plea to a misdemeanor in Henry County Circuit Court Nov. 9.